Today, we’re going over some tips and strategies on how to more easily win in Mario Kart World’s new Knockout Tour mode.
In order to unlock all the content Mario Kart World has to offer, you’ll have to earn 3 stars on every single cup in both Grand Prix and Knockout Tour. We’ve already covered tricks for Grand Prix via our corresponding guide, but today we’re focusing on strategies that apply specifically to Knockout Tour. Compared to Grand Prix mode, Knockout Tour places a much higher emphasis on straight pathways – which means the Speed stat is incredibly important here.
Digital Foundry shared another technical analysis for a Nintendo Switch 2 game, this time going in-depth with Cyberpunk 2077 and covering the latest tidbits like frame rate and resolution. CD Projekt Red has delivered an impressive port in many ways, though it’s not without some drawbacks. The Phantom Liberty expansion in particular is where there are more struggles.
Here’s the full roundup of details:
The 2025 Pokemon North America International Championships are taking place this weekend, and in celebration of the event, you can get involved with a limited time Incineroar distribution.
The Incineroar here is actually based on the one used by Wolfe Glick earlier in the year at the 2025 Pokemon Europe International Championships. This was one of the winning Pokemon on his team.
Today, Koei Tecmo and Gust unveiled the release date for Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian. Nintendo Switch owners can play the RPG starting on September 26, 2025.
Atelier Resleriana was originally announced last September. Last we heard, it was on track to launch sometime this year – now we know when.
Following the recent Nintendo Switch 2 launch, Sony has responded to investor concerns that the system could have a negative impact on its PlayStation business.
The gaming industry is more collaborative than it used to be, but there’s still ultimately competition. Consumers only have a certain amount of money and time to spend on different platforms. And now here comes Nintendo Switch 2 – which seems to be off to a hot start and has significantly better technical specs than its predecessor.
Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO Hideaki Nishino first addressed investor concerns about increased competition for PlayStation and third-party relationships given Nintendo Switch 2’s improved specs. Regarding that, he said:
GS2 Games, Funbox Media, and Feardemic today announced a special physical release for Nintendo Switch featuring Burnhouse Lane, No Son of Mine, and Dagon: Complete Edition. All three will be bundled together as part of the Psychological Horror Bundle this Halloween.
Burnhouse Lane, No Son of Mine, and Dagon previously made it to the Nintendo eShop. Below are overviews of each:
Bipedal Dog is bringing Bipedal Dog to Nintendo Switch later this month, the studio has announced. A release is planned for June 19, 2025.
Blast Rush originally came to mobile. For the new “LS” version, the arcade style shoot ’em up has been enhanced for consoles.
Learn more about it in the following overview:
Parry Nightmare has just been announced for a Nintendo Switch release later this month. The game is to release on June 25 on the eShop.
Parry Nightmare is a bullet hell action game developed by Kakukaku Games and published by Phoenixx. The game originally released last year on Steam, and follows the protagonist trying to make her way through a nightmare.
Here’s some more information about the game:
May 3: Limited Run Games and Ancient today confirmed that Earthion will be launching on Nintendo Switch. The title is slated for 2025.
Earthion, a shoot ’em up game that has been in development for a few years now, comes from composer and developer Yuzo Koshiro and his studio Ancient. Koshiro originally started out at Nihon Falcom working on soundtracks for games like Ys, but has since contributed to tons of different projects such as Super Smash Bros., Kid Icarus: Uprising, Streets of Rage, Etrian Odyssey, and so much more.
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
1. [NS2] Mario Kart World – 782,566 / NEW
2. [NSW] Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma – 45,703 / NEW
3. [NSW] Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time – 17,180 / 111,904
4. [NSW] Natsume’s Book of Friends: Hazuki no Shirushi – 16,865 / NEW
5. [PS5] Elden Ring Nightreign – 12,064 / 54,822
6. [NS2] Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – 10,877 / NEW
7. [NS2] Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – 7,992 / NEW
8. [NS2] Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – 7,529 / NEW
9. [NS2] Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut – 7,486 / NEW
10. [NSW] Super Mario Party Jamboree – 6,771 / 1,317,174
